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>The following is an example of a Group Permissions model as used on <A
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Group		Component	Instance		Perm.&nbsp;level<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
1.&nbsp;Admins&nbsp;		Menublock::&nbsp;	Administration::*.&nbsp;	Admin<br>
2.&nbsp;Admins&nbsp;		.*&nbsp;		.*			Admin<br>
3.&nbsp;All&nbsp;groups&nbsp;		Menublock::&nbsp;	Administration::*.&nbsp;	None<br>
4.&nbsp;Users&nbsp;		.*		.*			Comment<br>
5.&nbsp;Unregistered&nbsp;	Menublock::&nbsp;	Main&nbsp;Menu:(Andromeda|	None<br>
					Logout|Forums|Submit<br>
					News|Members&nbsp;List|<br>
					Messages):<br>
6.&nbsp;Unregistered&nbsp;	.*		.*			Read<br>
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>Line 1: Grant all members of Group "Admins" a Permission level of "Admin" for all Instances matching a Menublock called "Administration". Administrators have full access to the Administration menu.
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>Line 2: Grant all members of Group "Admins" a Permission level of "Admin" for all Instances of EVERYTHING on the site -- this grants all Admins unlimited access for everything on the site.
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>Line 3: Remove access to Menublock "Administration" for members of "All groups". This disables access to Administration functions from ALL users, unless specifically allowed by a special user or group permission. Line 1, above, is an example of a special group permission.
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>Line 4: Allow all members of Group "Users" (registered users) access to "Comment" on everything on the site.
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>Line 5: Remove access (set to "None") to specific items "Andromeda|Logout|Forums|Submit News|Members List|Messages" from the "Main Menu" of "Unregistered" users.
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>Line 6: Allow all "Unregistered" users access to "Read" everything on the site.</P
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>As you can see, Permissions are evaluated by PostNuke from the top first, moving down through the permissions.
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